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Sports and courts

The Justice Department joined a lawsuit against disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong that alleges the former seven-time Tour de France champion concealed his use of performance-enhancing drugs and defrauded his longtime sponsor, the U.S. Postal Service.

Colleges

An internal memo that questioned the leadership of the NCAA has been passed among Mountain West Conference presidents,
CBSSports.com reported. The memo is directed at Fresno State President John Welty, who is identified as “our rep to the NCAA,” according to the report. He is a member of the NCAA board of directors and a former member of the NCAA executive committee.

• Sacred Heart University confirmed that former Boston Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine will become the school’s athletic director.

• The NCAA’s Committee on Infractions agreed to consider the request of three ex-Miami assistant coaches who say their individual cases in the Hurricanes’ athletic scandal are tainted and should be dismissed, said a person familiar with the situation.